n8n before 1.123.73 Credential Exposure via Error Logging
Impact
n8n versions before 1.123.73, 2.35.4, and 2.36.2 have a credential exposure vulnerability in certain nodes, allowing authenticated users to read plaintext secrets via the REST API. The vulnerability is due to decrypted credentials being sent outside error handling. Affected versions include those less than 1.123.73, 2.35.4, and 2.36.2.
Summarized by @cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast. Verify details against the original sources.Affected packages
Affected products
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n8n-io · VulnCheck
n8n
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n8n-io · VulnCheck
n8n
Package identity
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affected
0 → before 1.123.73
semver versions
unaffected
1.123.73
semver versions
Other versions: unaffected
n8n-io · VulnCheck
n8n
2 ranges
n8n-io · VulnCheck
n8n
Package identity
pkg:npm/n8nExplore n8n →Identity supplied by VulnCheck. Version matching requires compatible range evidence.
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affected
2.36.0 → before 2.36.2
semver versions
unaffected
2.36.2
semver versions
Other versions: unaffected
n8n-io · VulnCheck
n8n
2 ranges
n8n-io · VulnCheck
n8n
Package identity
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affected
2.0.0-rc.0 → before 2.35.4
semver versions
unaffected
2.35.4
semver versions
Other versions: unaffected
Original source description
n8n before 1.123.73, 2.35.4, and 2.36.2 contains a credential exposure vulnerability in the Strapi, SeaTable, and Mailcheck nodes. These nodes send their decrypted credentials to the authentication endpoint via the raw legacy HTTP helper outside any error handling, causing the plaintext secret to be persisted in execution error data. Any authenticated user can read the plaintext secret from their own execution through the REST API, bypassing the blank-value redaction enforced by the credentials API.
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Original records
CVE-2026-85171View the latest unmodified CVE JSON from the official source. It may be newer than this imported page.
cve.new JSON →Underlying weaknesses
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Environment requirements
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Any condition may hold
Vulnerable product
cpe:2.3:a:n8n:n8n:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Before: 1.123.73
Any condition may hold
Vulnerable product
cpe:2.3:a:n8n:n8n:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*From (inclusive): 2.36.0
Before: 2.36.2
Any condition may hold
Vulnerable product
cpe:2.3:a:n8n:n8n:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*From (inclusive): 2.0.0-rc.0
Before: 2.35.4
Original applicability statements
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